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How bats carry coronavirus without getting sick

Stresses on bats, such as wet markets, other diseases, and habitat loss, may have a role in coronavirus spilling over to...

7 May 2020 4:12 PM IST

Health workers prepare to collect samples for COVID-19 swab tests at a roadside camp in Kolkata. (PTI)

No less than 80,000 new cases were reported everyday in April

While some countries reported an increase in COVID-19 cases over time, many saw caseloads rise because they ramped up...

7 May 2020 4:00 PM IST

Red Cross volunteers arrive at the home of a woman with symptoms of Covid-19 as part of the Red Cross operations to enforce the SAMU (French Urgent Medical Aid Service) in Paris. (AFP)

Manage lockdown to relaxation transition carefully to avoid virus...

Government-ordered lockdowns have become increasingly unpopular as countries suffer economic activities grinding to a...

7 May 2020 1:24 PM IST

Doctors and nurses rally outside a Kiev hospital in Ukraine to protest against a decrease in their salaries as a result of the ongoing medical reform. (AFP)

Coronavirus infects 90k frontline healthworkers across the globe

International Council of Nurses reveal the disease has killed more than 260 nurses, as per data from 30 countries

7 May 2020 12:41 PM IST

A medical worker wearing protective equipment to protect against coronavirus smokes as he and his colleague rest in the yard of the Pokrovskaya hospital in St.Petersburg, Russia. (AP)

Russian doctors jump to death from hospital windows due to pandemic...

Many medical workers say they have been threatened with dismissal or even prosecution for going public with their...

7 May 2020 9:27 AM IST

A member of the clinical staff wears personal protective equipment (PPE) as she cares for a patent at the Intensive Care unit at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge. (AFP)

UK overtakes Italy, reports highest coronavirus death toll in Europe

Only the United States, with a population nearly five times greater, has suffered more confirmed fatalities from the...

6 May 2020 10:28 AM IST

A medical worker wearing protective gear shows a blood sample test tube for COVID-19 coronavirus testing during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus. PTI photo

Global coronavirus death toll cross 250,000; US and Europe worst hit

North America and European countries accounted for most of the new deaths and cases reported in recent days.

5 May 2020 2:13 PM IST

French president Emmanuel Macron attends a video conference on the issue of vaccination for coronavirus in Paris on Monday. (AP)

World leaders pledge billions for coronavirus vaccine research

The funds fell marginally short of the 7.5 billion euros being sought.

5 May 2020 12:01 PM IST

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson keep silence for a minute on Tuesday to honour the frontline workers who died in the Coronavirus outbreak. (AFP)

Boris Johnson: At low point, doctors prepared my death announcement

The prime minister returned to work on April 27, after recovering from coronavirus

5 May 2020 10:57 AM IST

A worker of a Italian factory is tested for coronavirus. (AP)

Coronavirus pandemic: Italy lets millions back to work, US...

On Monday, an alliance of world leaders hosted by the European Union held a virtual summit on vaccine research.

5 May 2020 10:31 AM IST

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Sikh doctors in UK complain about forced beard shaving

Sikh Doctors Association reports of at least five Sikhs being moved out of their usual shifts at the NHS hospitals

4 May 2020 3:53 PM IST

A woman wearing a face mask as a precaution walks past a shop window on Oxford Street in London. (AFP)

Johnson readies plan to ease lockdown in UK with new office guidance

A total of 28,446 people have now died in Britain, almost on a par with Italy, Europe's worst affected country

4 May 2020 3:33 PM IST